Example sentences for: wary

How can you use “wary” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Die Welt of Germany declared "peace in sight" and La Repubblica of Rome said it was "finally possible to talk of hope;" but the British press was much more wary.

  • Growing up on an Army post, we brats looked at the civilian world with a wary eye, particularly in the South, where we were doubly different: not just outsiders and transients but also Goddamn Yankees.

  • He was wary of Paris and its rabble (all too easily roused) and rising aristocracy (ever-demanding and arrogant).

  • Wary buyers, however, can spot such caviar instantly.

  • During the 1990s, tension sometimes arose, as it did in the effort against al Qaeda, between policymakers who wanted the CIA to undertake more aggressive covert action and wary CIA leaders who counseled prudence and making sure that the legal basis and presidential authorization for their actions were undeniably clear.


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